# ASC 405-30-15: Liabilities — Insurance-Related Assessments — 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

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## ASC 405-30-15: 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

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#### Entities

##### [405-30-15-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/405/30/#405-30-15-1)

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The guidance in this Subtopic applies to all entities that are subject to guaranty-fund and other insurance-related assessments, including entities that are subject to insurance-related assessments because they self-insure against loss or liability. For example, one state specifies that self-insurers of workers' compensation should use as a base for assessment the amount of premium the self-insurer would have paid if it had insured its liability with an insurer for the previous calendar year.

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##### [405-30-15-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/405/30/#405-30-15-2)

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The guidance in this Subtopic applies to assessments mandated by statute or regulatory authority that are related directly or indirectly to underwriting activities (including self-insurance), except for income taxes and premium taxes.

##### [405-30-15-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/405/30/#405-30-15-3)

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The guidance in this Subtopic does not apply to the following transactions and activities:

1.  a
    
    Amounts payable or paid as a result of [reinsurance](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/r/#reinsurance "A transaction in which a reinsurer (assuming entity), for a consideration (premium), assumes all or part of a risk undertaken originally by another insurer (ceding entity). For indemnity reinsurance, the legal rights of the insured are not affected by the reinsurance transaction and the insurance entity issuing the insurance contract remains liable to the insured for payment of policy benefits. Assumption or novation reinsurance contracts that are legal replacements of one insurer by another extinguish the ceding entity's liability to the policyholder.") contracts or arrangements that are in substance reinsurance, including assumed reinsurance activities and certain [involuntary pools](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/i/#involuntary-pools "A residual market mechanism for insureds who cannot obtain insurance in the voluntary market.") that are covered by Topic 944.
    
2.  b
    
    Assessments of depository institutions related to bank insurance and similar funds.
    
3.  c
    
    The annual fee imposed on health insurers by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (the Acts). The accounting for the Acts' fee is addressed in Subtopic 720-50.